Here's some good relationship advice: Find someone who cares about you the way that Mike Farrell cares about M*A*S*H.

Farrell joined the series in 1975, roughly three years after the series formally began. However, he was quickly adopted as an audience fan favorite. According to Farrell in an interview with The Citizen's Voice, that feeling went both ways.

"I love it," Farrell said of the series. "There isn't any comparable meaningful work on series television. In fact, the terms are almost mutually exclusive."

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Farrell wasn't just a fan of his co-stars and the fanbase the series had accumulated. He loved the broader themes that M*A*S*H dared to discuss, the journey these characters went through during their time in the series.

"In the beginning, B.J. was clean-cut, fresh from home, and naive, but he was rapidly turned around," said Farrell. "It's an evolving process. As I see it, the show deals with the dehumanizing process, the incredible spiritual callousness that can build up, and the efforts of the doctors and nurses to ward that off."

Farrell saw the seasoned content that M*A*S*H explored as a welcome reprieve from what fans previously flocked to on television.

"He's someone trying to maintain a commitment of fidelity and to retain some sense of his ideals," said Farrell of his character. "It's exciting to have people respond to that when most of television comedy consists of 'Drop your pants and see who laughs.'"